School health education programs in Crete: Evaluation of behavioural and health indices a decade after initiation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 262-267

  Hatzis, Christos M ^a   Papandreou, Christopher ^a   Kafatos, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Children; Fitness; Health and nutrition education; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84755160600     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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